Cleaning Fluids and RoHS2 Declaration Requirements

We are looking at our processes in manufacturing and wonder about our use of acetone, IPA and meths as a cleaning material and whether we really need to get the RoHS declarations for them? We are talking mainly about using these substances on cotton buds or wipes.

Any thoughts please?

Thanking you,
Sue

There are brands specifically for electronics cleaning (which are explicitly RoHS compliant), and for medical applications (which, presumably, have been well vetted to ensure no contaminants). Maybe stick with these...

And even IF there were traces in these cleaning solutions, how much are you actually using that residuals may actually break the 1% threshold. All in all, pretty unlikely I'd say.

Susan1 said:

We are looking at our processes in manufacturing and wonder about our use of acetone, IPA and meths as a cleaning material and whether we really need to get the RoHS declarations for them? We are talking mainly about using these substances on cotton buds or wipes.

Any thoughts please?

Thanking you,
Sue

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Hi,

RoHS is mostly concerned with metals, and the few polymers is covers are highly unlikely to be present in the substances you mentioned. You shouldn't be concerned about it more than you're concerned with getting RoHS-certified cotton buds...

Cheers,
Ronen.